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Re: Does Ben Play?

Originally Posted by Flipping Birdie

What I want to know is how the hell is Ben going to be able to draw attention towards his rib injury, given that it is underneath his jersey? Brightly colored gauze won't work, nobody will see it. Will he try to get away with wearing weird thing that Paul Kruger somehow gets away with wearing, so that he can leave his jersey untucked, and so that everyone will be able to see the gauze?

He will have a sign that states where it is and how much it hurts...
So now it will be a penalty if he gets hit between the top of his head and his ankle.
We will only be allowed to grab his heal and top of his foot as long as it is done without malice...

Re: Does Ben Play?

Originally Posted by Section 502 Raven

this will be a kyle boller throw back game. the ravens will not take chances on offense that might allow pissburgs defense to score. they will play field position and take field goals. pissburgs offense should be pretty bad regardless if a hurt rapist is qbing or batch.

should be ugly but who cares as long as we win.

Why do you not care about this? We should absolutely care how we win. Any game where the offense doesnt put up at least 16 points, the coaches should treat the offensive players like it was a loss.

Re: Does Ben Play?

That nonsense is for fantasy leagues and power rankings. Passing for 500 yards and throwing 4 INTs won't necessarily get you the W. Getting the W gets your the W. It's all about strategy and game theory. In this case, the coaches probably feel that the Steelers would only beat us if they had great field position. If we made them move down the field they would make the mistakes for us.

Re: Does Ben Play?

Originally Posted by Coastergenius

That nonsense is for fantasy leagues and power rankings. Passing for 500 yards and throwing 4 INTs won't necessarily get you the W. Getting the W gets your the W. It's all about strategy and game theory. In this case, the coaches probably feel that the Steelers would only beat us if they had great field position. If we made them move down the field they would make the mistakes for us.

If joe were to pass for 500 yards and 4 INT's regularly, he wouldnt be our QB very long. Its this same scared thinking that has us play down to competition and lose out on the #1 overall seed.

Re: Does Ben Play?

PITTSBURGH — Injured Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger just threw softly during the individual portion of Wednesday’s practice, and the word from a team source is that Roethlisberger will have to work through the tearing of scar tissue before he feels comfortable enough to throw with any kind of velocity.

Re: Does Ben Play?

This has the makings of a funeral for the Steelers' season.

The Ravens had better not play that ball control crap in their own house. I will not be happy.

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Re: Does Ben Play?

I saw some footage of this on NFL Network and it was pretty pathetic. Obviously knowing Ben there's always the chance he was hamming it up at the public practice, then launching bombs once the media had gone, but I doubt it. They were the sort of throws you make at the start of a warm up just to rotate your shoulder.

If that's the hardest he can throw it then there's not a chance he plays Sunday. Especially given that the Steelers are one more injury away from going to the nearest Krispy-Kreme to find someone they can stick on the O-Line...

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